Sunday, 25th October 2026 - Ordinary Time: The Last Sunday after Trinity (The Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity); Bible Sunday
11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute
6:00pm - Choral Evensong (BCP)
***Please note that Daylight Saving Time ends at 2:00am today (Sunday, 25th October 2026) - clocks go back by one hour!***
Wednesday - Ordinary Time: The Feast of St Simon and St Jude, Apostles
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Sunday, 1st November 2026 - Ordinary Time: The Feast of All Saints; The Eve of the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute
6:00pm - Choral Evensong (BCP) for the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
***Please add the names of those you wish to be remembered at the service for All Souls to the list at the back of church.***
Wednesday - Ordinary Time
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Sunday, 8th November 2026 - Ordinary Time: Remembrance Sunday; The Third Sunday before Advent (The Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity)
10:50am - Parish Eucharist with Act of Remembrance (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute
***Please note the earlier start time of 10:50am for our morning service on Remembrance Sunday; this will ensure that everyone is seated in church in readiness for the two-minute silence at 11:00am. The final part of this service will take place at the war memorial in the churchyard.***
6:00pm - Said Evensong with Hymns (BCP)
Tuesday - Ordinary Time: The Feast of St Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 461 [Lesser Festival]
2:00pm - Tea & Talk in the Institute
Wednesday - Ordinary Time: The Feast of St Martin, Bishop of Tours, C397 [Lesser Festival]; Armistice Day
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Sunday, 15th November 2026 - Ordinary Time: The Second Sunday before Advent (The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity)
11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute
6:00pm - Choral Evensong (BCP)
Wednesday - Ordinary Time: The Feast of St Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231 [Lesser Festival]
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Sunday, 22nd November 2026 - Ordinary Time: The Feast of Christ the King; The Sunday next before Advent (Stir-up Sunday)
11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute
6:00pm - Said Evensong with Hymns
Wednesday - Ordinary Time: The Feast of St Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century [Commemoration]; The Feast of Isaac Watts, Hymn Writer, 1748 [Commemoration]
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Sunday, 29th November 2026 - Advent: The First Sunday of Advent (The First Sunday in Advent); The Eve of the Feast of St Andrew
***Lectionary Year B begins.***
11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute
6:00pm - Choral Evensong (BCP)
Wednesday - Advent
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
***Please see the Calendar of Services attached.***
Food Bank: Weekly Message from Lynda Delf - This week, £140.00 and 6kg of food was donated in church, and a parishioner gave me 6kg of food and £10.00 - this will provide meals for a large number of people. Thank you so much for your continuing generosity.
Our current shortages include rice, jam, sugar, coffee, teabags, tinned tomatoes, potatoes, fish, meat, fruit and rice pudding. We always need long-life milk, fruit juice, household cleaning materials and toilet rolls.
Many thanks for all you do to support our food banks.
Support John's Journey to the World Scout Jamboree 2027: We are delighted to share that John Wort has been selected to attend the World Scout Jamboree in Poland in 2027.
To help raise funds for this trip, a raffle is being held with wonderful prizes up for grabs, including luxury hampers and handmade crochet blankets.
Raffle Ticket Details:
Raffle Title: 19th Durham Neville's Cross Scout Group - 2026 Bonfire Raffle
Ticket Price: £1.00 per ticket
Draw Date: Tuesday, 3rd November 2026 at Group AGM
Prizes Info: Check https://19nx.org.uk/news/ for a list of prizes (more prizes to be added)
Charity and License Info: Registered Charity No. 516680, Raffle License No. LOTSP0108
How to Buy Tickets:
Please see Alice or John in Church on Sunday to buy these tickets and support John in this wonderful adventure.
Thank you for your support.
Parish Magazine: The Autumn issue is now available and is being delivered to regular subscribers.
As usual, extra copies are available (£2.00 each) from the back of church.
Peter's Sabbatical: Our Rector, the Reverend Peter Kashouris is currently on sabbatical leave until Tuesday, 3rd November 2026 (the church services will continue as normal throughout this period). During this time, please send all items for the weekly notice sheet to Jane Walker at the parish office.
St Oswald's Parish Office
Tel: 0191 383 0830
Email: [email protected]